Researcher lashes out at Hacking Team over open-source code discovery

When the researcher released his code as open-source, Android spyware development for governments was not its intended purpose.
By Charlie Osborne for Zero Day | July 22, 2015
 
System security researcher Colin Mulliner said in a blog post on Tuesday that he discovered his open-source creations were being used -- without notice or permission by Hacking Team -- after individuals on Twitter pointed it out and he received a flood of emails and personal notifications.
 
One query sent truly angered the researcher, as it demonstrates the mistaken belief Mulliner may have been working for the surveillance firm:
 

"I was analysing recent leak of hacking team from italy, and saw you supply the core android audiocapture for hijack voice calls on android. Have you updated it to new devices like lollypop?"

 
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